What’s Really Behind Your Desire for Money?

We’re often told that if we’re not rich, something must be wrong with us. That we’re living from a poverty mindset.

But people who make a lot of money and become famous are, more often than not, deeply traumatized. They can have a terrible attitude, sometimes completely devoid of humanity.

You don’t have to look far to see it: the scandals of recent years have shown just how dark the lives of some of the world’s richest and most admired people can be. And trust me, it’s a healthy belief to see reality as it is, not as the mainstream narrative sells it to us.

Of course, there are extraordinary people who make a ton of money. And there are beautiful people, rich in spirit, who are poor in the material sense.

Making money doesn’t mean you’ve healed your relationship with your mother or your father. Or with your ancestors. It just means you’ve devoted yourself fully to money. And that comes from a particular mindset, one you can’t install overnight.

The truth is, money shows you who you are. Or at least, it brings more of who you really are to the surface.

Let me tell you a story.

I had a friend who swore he’d never have a girlfriend. He lived for the nightlife, he was restless, and he was full of himself. He went through sex the way he went through cigarettes. He also had an occult past: he’d made all kinds of pacts with forces that other people try to exorcise.

I don’t choose my friends by how many cigarettes they smoke, or by their energetic virginity. I know people from every world, from celebrities to anonymous ascetics in the Himalayas.

I remember how fierce this friend got whenever relationships came up. He was focused on money, on building wealth. That’s what he wanted. And at some point, he made it. In less than four years, he reached a very high vibration in that area of his life. It was as if the horn of plenty had opened up for him.

We didn’t talk for almost two years. Me in Bali, him in Bucharest, each living our own lives. Until one day, we called each other. And I was shocked: he wanted to get married. He wanted a family. He’d bought a house.

The most nonconformist, free-spirited, chaotic man I knew was now longing for a traditional relationship.

The more he had, the more he discovered who he really was. Maybe his desire had been the same from the very beginning. Only the path was different.

So, once again, the hardest thing in this world is:

To be honest with yourself.

Today, before you start your day, do an honesty exercise. Ask yourself: what’s really behind your material desires?

Maybe what you actually want is to feel safe.
Maybe you need to be seen.
Or maybe you truly want to make money, and it’s an authentic desire.

But people who genuinely have that drive usually don’t overthink it.

Shake a Little. Change a Lot.

That Shakin' Guy